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18 April
Updates to essential windows software list

12 April
Various corrections and edits!

13 March
Fixed HTML bug on the Index page (thanks Steven!) . Edits to various pages

14 Nov 2005
Added more of the Tunisia photos namely those for Tunis, Hammamet and Thurburdo-Majus. Enjoy !

02 Nov
Added a link under IT to the SysInternals RootKitRevealer a very useful piece in one's IT security arsenal. Use it to check your PC for rootkits - Trojan Horses - as part of your PC security sweep.
I'm working on the other Tunisia photos!

25 Oct
Added all my pictures of the Roman city of Dougga from my Tunisia holiday. They're mostly labelled ; photos from the rest of the holiday including Tunis, the Bardo Museum, Carthage and Sidi Bou Said coming soon!

21 Oct
Some small edits including a link to the XBox stuff on the IT page.

01 Oct
Updated the Securing Windows page; updated links to Service Packs 1a and 2; added some advice on not opening strange email attachments.

12 May
Finally added a feedback form !

10 May
Updated Sitemap and corrected two page titles.

09 May
Completed adding all pending photos of the XBox mod. It is worth noting that I managed to quieten the noisy fan in the device by inserting one of the Zalman resistor asemblies. Various other edits (breadcrumb, internal links, some typos).

09 May
Completed adding all pending photos of the XBox mod. It is worth noting that I managed to quieten the noisy fan in the device by inserting one of the Zalman resistor asemblies. Various other edits (breadcrumb, internal links, some typos).

16 Apr
I finally got around to posting some more photos in the album. These include London sights and things as well as a couple of nice (IMHO!) night exposures.

19 Mar
Added explanatory text on X3 bank selection plus photos of LPC rebuild PCB to the XBox mod page

18 Mar
Some more work on the XBox mod page.

17 Mar (Late PM)
Added new section on Modding the Xbox. Not completely finished but has photos of the Xecuter3 Pro switch bank which I haven't been able to find otherwise

17 Mar (PM)
Fixed HTML typo on FAQ page. Noted that Netscape 7.1 under Windows does not display FAQ10 correctly (text and images don't line up).
Added some Windows Freeware to IT Links - thanks Steve!

22 Feb
Thanks to my boss for pointing out that the site map was wonky. Fixed!

18 Feb
Updated FAQs and added site design info ; everything looks ok in the named browsers.
Updated stylesheet to allow removal of all table code, changed hyperlink format and colouring.
Implemented Skip to content in-page links for screenreaders and clients for non-visual browsing ; I'm trying to follow all the top tips of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
Tried out a breadcrumb system in the IT page and if that works will roll-out across the site.

05 Feb
Added a couple of links on IT page. Some typos fixed!

24 Jan
Fixed broken link in Soekris article!

23 Jan
Finished building the electronic Enigma!

16 Jan
Updated links list, corrected some typos and working to upload some pictures of building the electronic Enigma machine.

20 December 2004
Added a couple of links in the IT section to unlock & reset the passwords on Windows servers & Windows 2000/2003 Domain Controllers.

12 December
Added three articles:

  1. FTP with Internet Explorer
  2. Restoring Windows Desktop icons
  3. File and directory permissions with WS_FTP

16 November
Added photos of my recent weekend in Bremen

03 November
Added photo of praying mantis to Nature photos.

30 October
Added Sitemap link. This uses html-tree.pl by Scott Chilcote.

22 October
Added article on Securing Windows in Technology section.

20 October
More links on IT and Soekris pages and various glitches fixed. I need an "Updates"" page....

18 October
Fixed rendering for all browsers ; everything displays ok in IE 6 and Opera 7.

13 October
Added Soekris page in IT section. Rendering probs for top page in IE.

03 October
Re-arranged the front page. Still having rendering problems in Opera 7.

18 September
Added some photos of Carnivorous plants in the photo-album